How Do You Say Thank You?

Every wonder how to say "Thank You" in other
languages? I recently asked folks to tell me how to say welcome in their
native tongue. Here are the results. Now, you can print print this list, tape it to the door of your store as customers
leave, and on the back side, tape the "Welcome" list as they
enter. Or, you could simply help us say thank you worldwide.

Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) - a
superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then
lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then.
ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal.
(still alive in old english like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal"
means a 'thousand times'.

Dutch

Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname

hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used
in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding,
birthday party) or when receiving a formal present.

Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or
"thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it
will get you a smile, guaranteed.

Spanish

Latin America (informal)

Te pasastes. (informal)

Spanish

Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America

Gracias (grah'-syas)

Spanish

Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America

Gracias a todos (Thank you all)

Spanish

Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America

Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was
useful to you.

Spanish

Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America

un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves
your life.

Spanish

Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America

Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks)

Sundanese

Indonesia (Sunda)

Hatur Nuhun

Sundanese

Indonesia (Sunda)

Nuhun

Swahili

Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh)

Swahili

Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)

Swedish

Sweden

Tack (tahkk)

Tagalog

Philippines

Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)

Tagalog

Philippines

Salamat

Tahitian

Tahiti

Maururu

Tajik

Tajikistan & Uzbekistan

rahmat

Tamazight

North Africa

tanmirt

Tamil

India , Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia

Nandri ("Nun-dry"

Tatar

Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey

rahmat

Telugu

India

dhanyavadalu

Telungu

India (South)

Manjuthe

Thai

Thailand

Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)

Thai

Thailand

Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)

Thai

Thailand

Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)

Thai

Thailand

Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine)

Thai

Thailand

Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)

Thai

Thailand

Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)

Thai

Thailand

Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)

Tibetan

Tibet

Thuk Ji Chhe

Tigrinya

Eritrea

yekeniele

Tohono o'odham

USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora)

m-sapo

Tok Pisin

Papua New Guinea

Tenkyu (thank you); Tenkyu tru (Thank you very much)

Toraja

Indonesia

kurre sumanga

Turkish

Turkey

Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)

Turkish

Turkey

Saðol (thank you)

Turkish

Turkey

Saðolun (thank you - "saol")

Turkish

Turkey

Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)

Udmurt

Udmurtia (Russia)

tau

Ukrainian

Ukraine

Dyakuyu

Urdu

India

Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa

Urdu

Pakistan & India

Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)

Urdu

Pakistan & India

Shukria

Urdu

Pakistan, India & Bangla Desh

Maherbani

Uyghur

Xinjiang Uyghur, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan

rahmat

Uzbek

Uzbekistan

Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)

Uzbek

Uzbekistan

Rahmat (Thanks)

Vietnamese

Vietnam

Kam ouen

Welsh

Wales/Cymru

Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)

Welsh

Wales/Cymru

Diolch (thanks)

West indian creole

Carribean

mèsi

Wolof

Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania

djiere dieuf

Xhosa

South Africa

Nkosi

Yaqui

USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora)

kettu'i

Yiddish

Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe

A dank

Yiddish

Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe

Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)

Yoruba

Nigeria, Benin, Togo

Modupe

Yugoslavian

Yugoslavia

Hvala

Zulu

South Africa

Ngiyabonga

Zulu

South Africa

ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much)

If your country is not listed, send us a note to
with the subject "Say Thanks Update." Include the country and how to
say thank you. If there are different words for gender or for more formal
expressions, please let us know.